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KLAQ Balloonfest Local Locos (Pt. 1) [VIDEO]

Dubba G — Thu, 09 May 2013 16:39:43 +0000

You already know The Q is bringing you Sully Erna of Godsmack, Aranda, The Tremonti Project, Young Guns and Halestorm. Now, for the local rockers!

Win a Vans Warped Tour Ticket Package

Lauren — Wed, 01 May 2013 19:59:54 +0000

The Vans Warped Tour is coming to Las Cruces and we want to send you and 5 friends to the concerts for free! Enter below for your chance to win a 6 -pack of tickets.

Meet Austin 'No Doubt' Trout in Las Cruces on Saturday

Lauren — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 03:29:07 +0000

Boxer Austin Trout will be signing autographs and shaking hands at a car dealership in Las Cruces on Saturday. If you’d like to meet Austin ‘ No Doubt’ Trout on March 23, he’ll be at Jack Key dealerships from 11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Make sure you bring your favorite boxing memorabilia for Trout to [...]

Metal Madness In Las Cruces For The March Of Dimes

Dubba G — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 19:49:01 +0000

Friday night, it’s going to be LOUD in Cruces! Funny thing is, it’s all for people you usually try and be quiet around! Embrace The Empire, As It’s Written, Cruces Cult and Until The Avalanche will be playing at Hurricane Alley, 1490 Missouri, Friday night. $5 cover … proceeds benefit the Southern New Mexico March [...]

Method Blank – El Paso's Best Local Rock Profile

Johnnie Walker — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 22:00:10 +0000

Method Blank Who are all the members of your band, and what do they play? Mark – Bass Jay – Vox Eddie – Guitar/Vox Heli – Drums When did the band get together, and how? Method Blank formed in May of 2012 after we all met on Craigslist. How would you describe your music to [...]

Possible Credit Card Scam in Las Cruces

Intern Emily — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 16:35:16 +0000

The Las Cruces Police Department is urging residents to exercise caution when receiving telephone calls pertaining to credit card, financial or personal information. Police learned of at least one telephone scam where the caller states that a credit card needs to be re-activated, and asks the call-receiver to provide their account number. The scam is [...]

Mother of the Year Alert – Couple Arrested After Allegedly Leaving 8-year-old in Wooden Cage

Scott Ronson — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 22:50:21 +0000

Police have arrested a Las Cruces mother and her live-in boyfriend who are suspected of leaving the woman’s 8-year-old adoptive daughter home alone and locked in a wooden cage. Cindy Patriarchias, 33, and Edmond Gonzales, 37, of the 100 block of Mohawk, were [...]

Las Cruces Residents Can Now File Police Reports Online

Intern Emily — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 20:21:18 +0000

Anyone needing to file a relatively minor property crime report of an incident that occurred within city limits and has no known suspect or crime scene evidence can now do so online through the Las Cruces Police Department’s website. The Las Cruces Police Department’s Citizens Online Police Reporting System can accept reports for lost property, [...]

Dumb Jocks? Not In Las Cruces

Dubba G — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 21:54:40 +0000

I guess all the geeks have left are the magna, summa and maxima cum laude positions. (And a few “pantsings” maybe!) Jocks have forever been played as “slow” at the least and downright morons at the worst. (Watch pretty much ANY college or high school based 80s movie. You’ll see.) In Las Cruces though, [...]

Outrage – El Paso's Best Local Rock Profile

Johnnie Walker — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 04:43:56 +0000

Outrage Who are all the members of your band, and what do they play? ERIC – vocals,lead guitar VIC – bass KIKI – drums, vocals When did the band get together, and how? Eric and Kiki’s paths crossed in 2007 thru a mutual friend. formed UNIFIED2DEFY(U2D) Then in late 2009. Each took off for individual [...]

Las Cruces Man Attacked By Bees, Shocked By Power Line

Dubba G — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 03:00:52 +0000

This guy should probably just stay inside the house ……. A Las Cruces man was zapped with 13,000 volts while trimming a tree in his yard. According to ktsm.com, this same man was attacked by bees last summer. Africanized “killer” bees at that! I hope he doesn’t try to clean the pool; he’ll wind up drowning. (I’d [...]

Mexklan – El Paso's Best Local Rock Profile

Johnnie Walker — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 20:28:28 +0000

Mexklan Who are all the members of your band, and what do they play? David Nava-Drums Cris Erick-Percussion Matt Nava- Trumpet/Bass/s/Vocals Maribel Bueno- Tsax/Asax/Uke/Vocals Louie Prieto- Guitar/Bass/Vocals/Percussion Mario Ramirez- Keys/Bass/Vocals Jaime Candelaria Bass/Guitar/Vocals When did the band get together, and how? Mexklan was formed in 2010. Most of us have been playing together for years [...]

Safety Tips for Use of Furnaces, Fireplaces and Wood-burning Stoves

Intern Emily — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:58:58 +0000

The Las Cruces Fire Department wants this winter to be a safe one for all and is offering these safety tips for the proper use of home heating systems, fireplaces and wood-burning stoves. Fireplaces, wood stoves and furnaces should be installed according to manufacturer’s instructions and in accordance with all building codes. Have your [...]

Ocean Lies Ahead – El Paso's Best Local Rock Profile

Johnnie Walker — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 03:20:26 +0000

Ocean Lies Ahead Who are all the members of your band, and what do they play? Serg- Vocals Levi- Guitar Chris- Guitar Troy- Drums Ray- Bass Aaron- Keyboard When did the band get together, and how? We got together about 2 years ago when we had just broken up from another former band. So we [...]

Las Cruces Police and Fire Departments Encourage Residents to Properly Display Their Numerical Addresses

Intern Emily — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 18:29:40 +0000

The Las Cruces police and fire departments are encouraging home and property owners to properly display their numerical address near the front entrance of their house and along the curb, near the driveway, so that it is clearly visible from the street. Police, fire and ambulance crews need to be able to see these [...]

Somewhere Up There – El Paso's Best Local Rock Profile

Johnnie Walker — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 03:40:02 +0000

Somewhere Up There Who are all the members of your band, and what do they play? Nick Squillante: Vocals Joe Frappaolo: Guitar Nick Juliano: Keys/Synth Kyle Sisco: Bass Rob Farella: Drums When did the band get together, and how? Somewhere Up There was formed in Fall 2011 at SUNY Oneonta. Roommates Joe Frappaolo and Rob [...]

Rubicon – El Paso's Best Local Rock Profile

Johnnie Walker — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 03:37:49 +0000

Rubicon Who are all the members of your band, and what do they play? dre d cruz |vocals t-bird |vocals arch angel |bass plurals |drums jahneo |programing, samples, keys When did the band get together, and how? we (dre d cruz, t-bird & jahneo) created rubicon in october of 2010. 3 months later (january 7, [...]

Free Black Keys Tickets! [VIDEO]

Dubba G — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 18:17:45 +0000

The Black Keys are playing The Pan Am Center in Cruces Wednesday night! Wanna go?? Keep it on El Pasos best rock today (and tomorrow!) for a plethora of chances to win FREE TICKETS! Every hour between 10am and 6pm today (and tomorrow!!) we’ll give you a chance at tickets! We’re just cool like that! [button href="http://klaq.com/vip/contests/contest/win-tickets-to-see-the-black-keys-at-the-pan-am-center/" [...]

Dark Aria – El Paso's Best Local Rock Profile

Johnnie Walker — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 01:45:47 +0000

Dark Aria Who are all the members of your band, and what do they play? Lorenzo Toro – Vocals Andrew Anaya – Lead Guitar Tony Gonzalez – Guitar Rudy Artega – Bass Ivan Morales – Drums When did the band get together, and how? We got together in 2005 after separating from different bands we [...]

Black Keys Premiere "Little Black Submarines" Video [VIDEO]

Dubba G — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 15:57:04 +0000

The Black Keys have finished up the video and here it is! They started to film a video with a storyline and all that good stuff but, for whatever reason, they didn’t like where it was going. So they decided to just film themselves playing live! They already had some live footage of them rocking a legendary Nashville [...]